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Burleigh County Senior Adults Program THE S ENIOR S ENTINEL 315 North 20th Street • Bismarck, North Dakota 58501 Vol. 12 December, 2020 What’s Happening Page 2 Let’s Reconnect with a Party Line! Page 3 Phone Bingo! Page 4 Special Activities Page 5 Legal Services Book Mobile Page 6 Christmas Cheer! Page 7 Dining Calendar Page 8 Step Log Page 9 Volunteers Needed! Page 10 Christmas Cheer! Page 11 Nutrition Facts Labels Page 12 Christmas Cheer! Page 13 Christmas Cheer! Page 14 Special Activities Page 15 Puzzle Answers Page 16 This ‘n That Page 17 Health Maintenance Page 18 Thank You to Our Donors Page 20 Subscription Form, Council, Advisory Committee & Staff From the Burleigh County Council on Aging and Burleigh County Senior Adults Program Staff www.BismarckSeniorCenter.org Let’s Reconnect with a Party Line! We probably would all agree that this pandemic To help reduce the isolation we have all been has gone on far TOO LONG! But, with Covid experiencing, and to have a little FUN, we are cases surging across our state and country, it is offering a FREE party line that you may call to visit, more important now than ever to remain diligent in a group setting, with your friends from the Senior with our safety precautions. Center. Below are scheduled times for specific groups to get on the phone to visit. Coffee Talk is for anyone and everyone – So grab a cup of coffee (or tea) and enjoy a chat with others! It’s easy to join the Party Line – just call 1-844-854-2222. The Access Code is 6763322#. **PLEASE LIMIT EACH GROUP TO ONE HOUR.** Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays 9 am 8 am 9 am 9 am 9 am Coffee Talk Craft Ladies Wii Bowling Coffee Talk Coffee Talk Teams 10 am 9 am 10 am 10 am Yoga Bone Builders Coffee Talk 2 pm Pool Players Participants Participants Coffee Talk 1 pm 1 pm Bunco Players 1 pm 2 pm Bridge Pinochle Wing/Sterling Players Players Participants Saturdays: 9 am Coffee Talk Sundays: 2 pm Coffee Talk Guidelines for Participation: BOOK CLUB: —Never share your private The November book, A Gentleman in Moscow, by Armor information over the phone. Towles will be discussed on the Senior Center Party Line on —Ensure that you are in a quiet Monday, December 7, at 1:00 pm. (Call 1-844-854-2222 and environment before joining a call. enter the access code: 6763322# to join.) —Be prepared to identify yourself with your first name when you join. Please keep the questionnaire you received with this book for —The party line is meant to be discussion. We would still appreciate it if you returned the enjoyable. Please refrain from book no later than December 1. discussing politics or other issues where there is great division. The Book Club will meet again on January 25 at 1:00 pm on —Everyone’s opinion is valuable the Party Line. See page 14 for more information. and must be respected. —Allow everyone the opportunity to The Burleigh County participate. Do not monopolize the conversation. Senior Adults Program —Argumentative, hurtful or will be CLOSED December 24-25 disrespectful remarks are not for the Christmas Holiday. allowed. —Have FUN! Merry Christmas! 2 | Burleigh County Senior Adults Program Phone Bingo! December 9 and December 22 at 1:00 pm We aren’t sure how well this will work, but we will Each Bingo Player will get 6 paper Bingo cards give it a try! (3 / sheet). Numbers will be called at the Senior Center and announced over the Party Line. We Join us for the classic game of chance with a few will play one game per card and then play variations -- simply call 1-844-854-2222 and enter blackout on all 6 cards, for a total of 7 games. the access code: 6763322# to join. Game 1/Card 1: Straight Bingo Call us to request your Bingo Cards at 255-4648. Game 2/Card 2: Letter ‘X’ Cards will be mailed or given to you in the Drive Game 3/Card 3: Picture Frame Thru Lunch Line prior to each Bingo session. If Game 4/Card 4: Letter ‘T’ you do not have a bingo dauber, you may use a Game 5/Card 5: Straight Bingo marker, pen, pennies, etc. to mark your numbers. Game 6/Card 6: Block of Six (6) Game 7: Play ALL six (6) Cards for Blackout Prizes will be awarded for each game (to be distributed via mail or Drive Thru lunch line). The Senior Sentinel | 3 NEED HELP! 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It’s not too late to join Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health and the Burleigh County Senior Center in this fun intergenerational pen pal project. Join us for a Christmas Movie! This project will go through December and January. To sign up or if you have any Thursday, December 3, 1:00 pm questions, please call Lisa at 255-4648. It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947) A homeless New Yorker moves into a mansion What a fun way to connect with children and along the way he gathers friends to live in the in our community and celebrate house with him. Before he knows it, he is living the holidays! with the actual home owners. “Tis the Season to Be Jolly?” Friday, December 11, 1:00 pm Join us on Tuesday December 8 at 1:00 pm, in A Christmas Tree Miracle (2013) the South Conference Room as Kathleen A warm-hearted Christmas tale to remind us that Meckler, Grief Support Counselor, will give us tips in the holiday season, the best gifts in life are the for handling stress, grief and the frustration during simple ones, and that miracles do happen, if you the holidays. believe. Please call 255-4648 by Friday, December 4 to Wednesday, December 16, 9:30 am reserve your spot. Class is limited to 8 people. Christmas on the Square (2020) (A second class will be scheduled if we exceed 8 This Christmas musical centers on Regina Fuller, people.) All participants will be required to pass “a rich and nasty woman” who returns to her small a health screening, wear a face mask and hometown after her father’s death to evict practice social distancing. everyone and sell the land to a mall developer, right before Christmas. Grief Support and Share Group There are many different ways to grieve and Reservations are required to attend these many different things we can grieve over. You movies. Please call 255-4648 to reserve your can grieve over the death of a loved one, a pet, a seat. Space is limited to 25 people. disagreement with a family member, the loss of a job and even moving from your home. Grief can All participants will be required to pass a health be especially hard to cope with during these screening, wear a face mask and practice social difficult times. distancing. Please stay home if you are not feeling well, or have a positive or pending Group Leader Kathleen Meckler worked as a Covid-19 test. Youth Counselor and therapist prior to retirement, and is now donating her time and expertise to of- fer this Grief Support and Share Group. Join her as she leads our Grief Support and Share Group The Burleigh County Senior Club on Wednesdays at 10:00 am via telephone. has cancelled ALL ACTIVITIES Group participants simply call 1-844-854-2222 and enter the access code 6763322# to join. (It until further notice is requested that people interested in joining (including Dinner Dances). this group call 255-4648 to register. Kathleen will then call you prior to your first session.) 4| Burleigh County Senior Adults Program Legal Services Book Mobile Burleigh County Bookmobile Lending Library Monthly, the Burleigh County Bookmobile brings 30 large print Legal Services of North Dakota is books in a variety of titles, to the Burleigh County Senior available to help during these difficult Center. They are on a 25 day loan. times. Their office continues to assist North Dakota Residents with their legal If you would like to check out a book, please call Lisa at needs. If you, or someone you know, is 255-4648. Let her know what author(s) and/or types of books needing assistance with a legal matter, you like to read (Western, romance, mystery etc.), and she please contact their Central Intake office. will help you choose from the titles we receive. Call 1-866-621-9886 (Monday -Thursday Please allow Lisa at from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and Friday from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm), or visit their website least one day’s notice and/or apply online at ww.legalassist.org.